While development for and production on Hulu?s The Handmaid?s Tale began long before Donald Trump won the presidency, much of the new series? advertising has chosen to remind everyone about its thematic relevance to the current political climate. After all, Margaret Atwood?s novel ? which was published in 1985 ? concerns a story about a dystopian future in which women are oppressed by a male-dominated theocracy. So with the post-inauguration Women?s March and the subsequent International Women?s Day celebration, ?A Day Without a Woman,? Hulu was obviously going to plug the Elizabeth Moss-led show.